Google+ Hangouts App Gets Support for Links, In-App Sounds, More

Google has updated its Google+ Hangouts app with support for links, SMS invites, in-app sounds, and more.

Google+ Hangouts brings one-on-one and group conversations to life with photos, emoji, and video calls for free. Connect with friends across computers, phones and tablets.

Features:
-- Say more with photos and emoji.
-- See when people are together in Hangouts, when they’re typing, or whether they’ve seen your message.
-- Turn any conversation into a video call with up to 10 friends.
-- Message friends anytime, even if they're not connected right now.
-- Use Hangouts on computers, phones, and tablets.
-- Hangouts stay in sync across devices so you can start or continue them anywhere.
-- Choose from hundreds of emoji to help you make your point.
-- See what you talked about in the past, including shared photos and your video call history.
-- Get notifications just once. Once you see an alert, you won’t see repeats on your computer.
-- View collections of photos shared from each of your Hangouts.
-- Snooze notifications at times when you’d prefer to be undisturbed by alerts.


What's New In This Version:
-- Support for sending and clicking on links
-- Invite friends to Hangouts via SMS
-- In-app sounds when you receive a message
-- Improvements to badge count behavior
-- Addressed network connection bar weirdness
-- Bug fixes
-- Support for iOS 6.0

You can download Hangouts from the App Store for free.

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